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FS#48285 - Download failure message is not accurate

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 21 February 2016, 07:04 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Friday, 11 October 2019, 19:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Backend/Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 5.0.0
Due in Version 5.2.0
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Usage = Sync
Server = http://sajksdfjklsiowernjkvhasesdfjkhdsaf.com/


error: failed retrieving file 'staging.db' from sajksdfjklsiowernjkvhasesdfjkhdsaf.com : Could not resolve host: sajksdfjklsiowernjkvhasesdfjkhdsaf.com
error: failed to update staging (download library error)


That is not a download library error - that URL does not exist...
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Friday, 11 October 2019, 19:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  git commit 9e960d9d
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Thursday, 20 September 2018, 06:02 GMT
After commit https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=9e960d9d5a735bbc7d418f2ad81d3f3e92d99968

$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'testing.db' from sajksdfjklsiowernjkvhasesdfjkhdsaf.com : Could not resolve host: sajksdfjklsiowernjkvhasesdfjkhdsaf.com
error: failed to update testing (invalid url for server)
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community-testing is up to date
community is up to date
multilib-testing is up to date
multilib is up to date
error: failed to synchronize all databases


This is what we want, right?

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